PRESENTS

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

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Runtime : 129mins Censors Rating : R16 violence, sexual violence, offensive language
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New Zealand Release Date : 5th August 2010

Zodiak Entertainment presents a Yellow Bird production a co-production with ZDF Enterprises, Sveriges Television, Nordisk Film ZDF and Filmpool Stockholm Mlardalen, Film i vst, Spiltan underhllning with the support of the Swedish Film Institute a film by Daniel Alfredson

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

Zodiak Entertainment and Yellow Bird are proud to present the second part of the film version of Stieg Larssons world-famous Millennium Trilogy: The Girl Who Played With Fire. In this follow-up to Men Who Hate Women (a.k.a. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in the UK and the US), the focus falls on the character of Lisbeth Salander. Accused of a triple murder, she is drawn into tangled web of intrigue that leads back to her murky past, while Mikael Blomkvist does everything in his power to prove that she is innocent. Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace continue to play the leading roles, accompanied by a very notable ensemble, including Lena Endre, Peter Andersson and Per Oscarsson. The experienced Daniel Alfredson directs. The first film in the series, Men Who Hate Women, premiered in Scandinavia in early 2009 and has since enjoyed massive success in cinemas in Europe. It has been seen by a total of more than seven million viewers, of which 2.8 million in the Nordic region, 1.2 million in France and 1.5 million in Spain. In terms of total cinema takings, this makes Men Who Hate Women the third most successful non-English language film in the world this year. In the

next few months the film will also be released in cinemas in Germany and the UK. It has been sold to more than thirty countries in total. Following the success of Men Who Hate Women in cinemas and the sale of more than 21 million copies of Stieg Larssons books, there is a tremendous level of interest in The Girl Who Played With Fire, both in Sweden and abroad. The film has already been released in Scandinavia, Italy, Spain and Switzerland and the number of visitors so far shows that the interest in the Millennium films continues to be very strong. Total number of visitors is already close to three million, with around 2.3 million in Scandinavia. In Spain, the film went straight to the second place on the box office after its opening weekend end of September. About the book The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second part in the Millennium trilogy written by the Swedish journalist and author Stieg Larsson (1954-2004). Since the first book (Men Who Hate Women) was released in Sweden 2005 the trilogy has become a major international hit with around 21 million copies sold in over 40 countries, including 3.5 million in Sweden, 3 million in France and 3.4 million in Spain. The books in the trilogy have received several awards. The most notable ones are: Men who hate women received the Glass Key for Nordic Crime Novel of the Year in 2006 and the British Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year 2009. The Girl Who Played With Fire Best Swedish Crime Novel 2006, awarded by The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest received the Glass Key for Nordic Crime Novel of the Year in 2008 About the author Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) was a journalist and editor-in-chief at the Swedish magazine Expo. He had previously spent 20 years working at the Swedish news bureau TT. He was one of the worlds leading experts on anti-democratic, right wing extremism and Nazi movements. In 2005 he made his debut with Men Who Hate Women, published by Norstedts publishing house. He died suddenly and unexpectedly in November 2004, a while before the first part of the Millennium Trilogy made its debut.

About the production company Yellow Bird was founded in 2003 and is currently one of Scandinavias biggest companies in the development and production of drama for TV and cinema. A German subsidiary was also recently established with a registered office in Munich. Yellow Bird focuses primarily on international co-productions based on successful books or on characters from such books. Yellow Bird is currently producing three feature films and six TV films based on Stieg Larssons Millennium books, thirteen new Swedish films on Henning Mankells detective inspector Kurt Wallander, three new English Wallander films with Kenneth Branagh (together with Left Bank Pictures) and a German 2x90-minute TV series based on Henning Mankells book Kennedys Brain (in collaboration with Bavaria Pictures and ARD/Degeto). Past productions include the first Swedish series of thirteen Wallander films featuring Krister Henriksson in the lead role, the first English Wallander series of three films with Kenneth Branagh, as well as six films about detective inspector Irene Huss, based on Helene Turstens books (in collaboration with Illusion Film). Yellow Bird is a part of Zodiak Entertainment. www.yellowbird.se www.zodiakentertainment.com About the actors

MICHAEL NYQVIST plays Mikael Blomkvist

Born 1960. Michael Nyqvist is one of Swedens most popular and well-respected actors in film, TV and the theatre. On film, Michael has been involved in audience hits such as Lukas Moodyssons Tillsammans (Together), Kjell Sundvalls Grabben i graven bredvid (The Guy in the Next Grave), for which he was awarded a Guldbagge, the Swedish Oscar, for Best Male Actor, Johan Brisingers Underbara lskade (Wonderful Beloved) and Kay Pollaks Oscarnominated S som i himmelen (As it is in Heaven). He also had leading roles in films such as Den svarta nejlikan (The Black Pimpernel) directed by Ulf Hultberg, Den bsta av mdrar (Mother of Mine) directed by Klaus Hr and Detaljer (Details) directed by Kristian Petri. In 2010 he will be appearing in Per Flys Kvinnan som drmde om en man (The

Woman Who Dreamed About a Man) and Johan Brisingers nglavakt (Guardian Angel) opposite Izabella Scorupco. Michaels appearances in TV productions include the highly rated Stig Petrs hemlighet (Nothing to be Ashamed of), the thriller series Den femte kvinnan (The Fifth Woman) and the childrens drama Olivia Twist. Michaels big breakthrough came following his involvement in Lars Norns highly rated play Personkrets 3:1 (Personal Circle 3:1). Michael was also involved in the productions of Norns Under, Skuggpojkarna (The Boys in the Shadows) and Om detta r en mnniska (If This is a Person). Michael is a member of the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatres permanent ensemble, where he has been involved in plays such as Gustav III directed by sa Kalmr, Platonov directed by Karl Dunr, Terrorism directed by Stefan Larsson, Antigone directed by Jasenco Selimovics and En natt i den svenska sommaren (One Night in the Swedish Summer) directed by Eva Bergman. In autumn 2009 he will be appearing in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront, directed by Ellen Lamm. Michael about Mikael Blomkvist Mikael Blomkvist is a person who never lets go once hes hot on the trail, and he has a sense of justice that he defends with a passion. When Mikael Blomkvist thinks that someones doing something wrong, he doesnt just spill the beans, he makes sure that they get the sack and end up behind bars. Michael about working on the role I read up and gave some thought to Stieg Larssons situation when he was young, what it was like when he and his generation were growing up. They took something with them into the 90s that disappeared when they all started setting up limited companies Films (a selection) 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2007 2007 2007 Kvinnan som drmde om en man (Per Fly) nglavakt (Johan Brisinger) Luftslottet som sprngdes (Daniel Alfredson) Flickan som lekte med elden (Daniel Alfredson) Mn som hatar kvinnor (Niels Arden Oplev) Downloading Nancy (Johan Renck) ARN Tempelriddaren (Peter Flinth) Kautokeini upproret (Niels Gaup)

2007 2006 2005 2004 2004 2003 2003 2002 2002 2001 2000 1999 1997 1996 1996 1987

Den svarta nejlikan (Ulf Hultberg) Underbara lskade (Johan Brisinger) Den bsta av mdrar (Klaus Hr) Dag och natt (Simon Staho) S som i himmelen (Kay Pollak) Smala Sussie (Ulf Malmros) Detaljer (Kristian Petri) Bst i Sverige (Ulf Malmros) Grabben i graven bredvid (Kjell Sundvall) Hem ljuva hem (Dan Ying) Tillsammans (Lukas Moodysson) Vgen ut (Daniel Lind Lagerlf) Tic tac (Daniel Alfredson) Snt r livet (Colin Nutley) Jerusalem (Billie August) Jim och piraterna Blom (Hans Alfredson)

TV (a selection) 2004 2002 2001 2000 Stig Petrs hemlighet (Harald Hamrell) Den femte kvinnan (Birger Larsen) Skuggpojkarna (Vibeke Bjelke) Judith (Alexander Moberg)

Theatre (a selection) 2008 2006 2005 2004 2002 1998 1998 1997 Gustav III (sa Kalmr) Geten eller vem r Sylvia?(Christian Tomner) Platonov av (Karl Dunr) Terrorism (Stefan Larsson) Drm om hsten (Stefan Larsson) Angels in America II (Rickard Gnther) Personkrets 3:1 (Lars Norn) Angels in America I (Rickard Gnther)

NOOMI RAPACE plays Lisbeth Salander

Born 1979. Studied Drama at the Sdra Latin upper secondary school in Stockholm. In 2007 Noomi Rapace was awarded the two Danish film prizes Robert and Bodil for Best Actress for her performance in Simon Stahos Daisy Diamond. On the big screen Noomi has been seen in films such as Martin Jern and Emil Larssons Du & Jag (You and I), Daniel Fridells Blodsbrder (Blood Brothers) and Reza Baghers Capricciosa. In 2010 Noomi will be appearing in Pernilla Augusts directing debut Svinalngorna. TV productions featuring Noomi include Labyrint (Labyrinth), Stora Teatern (The Great Theatre) and lskar, lskar och lskar (Loves, Loves and Loves). In the theatre Noomi was involved in Thorsten Flincks popular production of Fadren (The Father) at Teater Plaza 1999. She then had roles in Pkldaren (The Dresser) directed by Flinck and in Sarah Kanes play Bombad (Bombed) directed by Stefan Larsson, both at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. At Teater Galeasen Noomi was involved in the plays Det epileptiska riktmrket (The Epileptic Target) directed by Susan Taslimi and Krig (War) directed by Johan Wahlstrm. At Orionteatern Noomi appeared in Linus Tunstrms production of Kameliadamen (The Lady of the Camelias). In 2004 she appeared in Lisa Langseths Den lskande (The Loving) at Elverket. In 2006 Noomi played opposite Ingela Olsson in the play Valeri Solanas ska bli president (Valeri Solanas Will be President) directed by Klaus Hoffmeyer at Dramaten. This spring they joined forces again as Noomi played the title role in Medealand (Medeas Land) at Dramaten, which Ingela Olsson directed. Noomi about Lisbeth Salander Lisbeth is a human being whos suffered a lot. She needed to create her own world, her own set of rules, as the ones that exist havent helped her. Shes always been completely alone in her world, outside it shes been vulnerable. Lisbeth has locked away her emotions, her heart, to protect herself. Everything inside her is deeply rooted, and once shes let someone in shed incredibly faithful and loyal. She will fight to the death for what she believes in. Noomi about working on the role All people possess all qualities in different amounts, to differing degrees. For all of the roles that I play, its a matter of finding the important element inside me. In Lisbeth, her wounds and vulnerabilities are right to the fore. In me they were much deeper down, I had to emphasise them to be able to portray Lisbeth.

Films (a selection) 2010 2009 2009 2009 2007 2006 2006 2003 Svinalngorna (Pernilla August) Luftslottet som sprngdes (Daniel Alfredson) Flickan som lekte med elden (Daniel Alfredson) Mn som hatar kvinnor (Niels Arden Oplev) Daisy Diamond (Simon Staho) Du & Jag (Martin Jern & Emil Larsson) Blodsbrder (Daniel Fridell) Capricciosa (Reza Bagher)

TV (a selection) 2007 2003 Labyrint (Erik Leijonborg m.fl.) lskar, lskar och lskar (Susan Taslimi)

Theatre (a selection) 2009 2006 2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 Medealand Valeri Solanas ska bli president (Klaus Hoffmeyer) Den lskade (Lisa Langseth) Godknd (Lisa Langseth) Det epileptiska riktmrket (Susan Taslimi) Kameliadamen (Linus Tunstrm) Fadren (Thorsten Flinck)

LENA ENDRE plays Erika Berger

Lena Endre started in the theatre in 1979 in the amateur dramatic group Teater Sputnik and at Inge Waerns theatre studio. In 1987 she left the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm, and the same year joined the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. There she was considered to be one of the best actresses with her interpretations of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Solveig in Peer Gynt, Climne in The Misanthrope, Marie Steuber in Rummet och tiden (Time and Space) and Queen Elizabeth in Maria Stuart, the last four directed by Ingmar Bergman. On film and TV we have seen her in several major roles including Larmar och gr sig till (In the Presence of a Clown), Den goda viljan (The Best Intentions), Sndagsbarn (Sundays Children), Jerusalem, Juloratoriet (Christmas Oratorio), Spring fr livet (Run for Your Life), gat (The Eye), Fdelsedagen (The

Birthday), Alla lskar Alice (Everyone Loves Alice) and Musik fr brllop och begravning (Music for Weddings and Funerals). Lena Endre has won several awards, including Dramatens ONeill grant in 1993, the 1996 the Guldbagge for Best Supporting Actress in Jerusalem, Svenska Dagbladets Thalia Prize in 1998, the Swedish Academys theatre prize in 1999 and the Guldbagge in 2000 for Best Actress in Trolsa (Faithless). Films (a selection) 2009 2009 2009 2008 2005 2004 2004 2002 2002 2000 2000 2000 1998 1997 1997 1997 1996 1996 1995 1992 1992 Luftslottet som sprngdes (Daniel Alfredson) Flickan som lekte med elden (Daniel Alfredson) Mn som hatar kvinnor (Niels Arden Oplev) Himlens hjrta (Simon Staho) Harrys dttrar (Richard Hobert) Dag och natt (Simon Staho) Lad de sm brn (Paprika Steen) Alla lskar Alice (Richard Hobert) Musik fr brllop och begravningar (Unni Straume) Gossip (Colin Nutley) Trolsa (Liv Ullman) Fdelsedagen (Richard Hobert) gat (Richard Hobert) Ogifta par en film som skiljer sig (Peter Dalle) Spring fr livet (Richard Hobert) Svenska hjltar (Daniel Bergman) Juloratoriet (Kjell-ke Andersson) Jerusalem (Bille August) Kristin Lavransdotter (Liv Ullman) Sndagsbarn (Daniel Bergman) Den goda viljan (Bille August)

TV (a selection) 1999 1998 1997 1993 1989 Jvla Kajsa (Peter Dalle) Frn regnormarnas liv (PO Enqvist) Larmar och gr sig till (Ingmar Bergman) Hedda Gabler (Margareta Garpe) Lorry (Kjell Sundvall)

Theatre (a selection) 2006 2000 1998 1995 1993 1991 1991 1988 Lng dags frd mot natt (Stefan Larsson) Maria Stuart (Ingmar Bergman) Den goda mnniskan i Sezuan (Thorsten Flinck) Misantropen (Ingmar Bergman) Rummet och tiden (Ingmar Bergman) Romeo och Julia (Peter Langdal) Peer Gynt (Ingmar Bergman) Lng dags frd mot natt (Ingmar Bergman)

PETER ANDERSSON plays Nils Bjurman

Educated at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gteborg 1974-1977, then employed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. His long list of film and TV credits include: Mun mot mun (Mouth to Mouth) and Om jag vnder mig om (Daybreak) directed by Bjrn Runge, Sprngaren (The Bomber), Gossip, nglagrd (Angel Farm) and Sista dansen (The Last Dance) directed by Colin Nutley and the TV series Bota mig (Cure Me), Graven (The Grave), Aspiranterna (The Candidates) and Hammarkullen. In the theatre he has been praised for his roles in Lars Norns plays Ett sorts Hades (A Kind of Hades), Personkrets 3:1 (Personal Circle 3:1) and Skuggpojkarna (The Boys in the Shadows). He appeared most recently in Vildanden (The Wild Duck) at Stadsteatern. Films (a selection) 2009 2009 2009 2006 2005 2005 2003 2000 2000 1999 1997 1996 1994 Luftslottet som sprngdes (Daniel Alfredson) Flickan som lekte med elden (Daniel Alfredson) Mn som hatar kvinnor (Niels Arden Oplev) 7 Miljonrer (Mikael Hjort) Mun mot mun (Bjrn Runge) Carambole (Daniel Lind Lagerlf) Om jag vnder mig om (Bjrn Runge) Gossip (Colin Nutley) Blinkande lyktor (Anders Thomas Jensen) Noll tolerans (Anders Nilsson) Spring fr livet (Richard Hobert) Pusher (Nicolas Winding Refn) nglagrd den andra sommaren (Colin Nutley)

1993 1992 1991 1988

Sista Dansen (Colin Nutley) nglagrd (Colin Nutley) Freud flyttar hemifrn (Susanne Bier) Jungfruresan (Reidar Jnsson)

TV (a selection) 2007 2004 1998 1997 1995 1990 En spricka i kristallen (Harald Hamrell) Graven (Mikael Marcimain) Aspiranterna (Alexander Moberg) Hammarkullen (Agneta Fagerstrm Olsson) Som lven i Vallombrosa (Ulla Gottlieb) Fiendens fiende (Jon Lindstrm)

Theatre (a selection) 2007 2002 2001 1998 Vildanden (Thommy Berggren) Onkel Vanja (Thommy Berggren) Fastighetssktaren (Thommy Berggren) Personkrets 3:1 (Lars Norn)

ANNIKA HALLIN plays Annika Gannini

We have seen Annika Hallin in TV series such as Soldater i mnsken (Soldiers by Moonlight), Ramona and Graven (The Grave), and in films such as En hxa i familjen (Witch in Our Family), Nr mrkret faller (When Darkness Falls), Arn: Tempelriddaren (Arn: The Knight) and Arn: Riket vid vgens slut (Arn: The Kingdom at Roads End), Patrik 1,5 (Patrik, Age 1.5) and Men Who Hate Women. We saw her most recently in the commercial and critical success I taket lyser stjrnorna (Glowing Stars). In 2009 we will also be seeing her in The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest.

PER OSCARSSON plays Holger Palmgren

Born 1927 in Stockholm. Oscarsson studied drama with Gsta Terserus and attended the academy at Dramaten between 1944-1947. His major breakthrough came in 1948 in Stig Dagermans play Skuggan av Mart (The Shadow of Mart). After a few years at Dramaten he was engaged at

Gteborg City Theatre between 1953 and 1959, where his performances included a highly acclaimed interpretation of Hamlet. At the height of his success with Hamlet he left the theatre and made his way on foot to Paris. In the 1960s Oscarsson was stricken by stage fright and wrote a book about the theatre, terror and fear. On Boxing Day 1966 he hit the headlines when he took off his clothes on the TV programme Hylands hrna (Hylands Corner). Oscarssons stage fright caused him to stop working on the stage during the 1970s. He turned his attention instead to breeding chickens. He made a comeback on stage in 1989 in Death of a Salesman at Angereds teater in Gteborg. Oscarsson has remained active as a film actor througout, both in Sweden and abroad. One of his earlier roles was in Svlt (Hunger) in 1966. But we have also seen him in films such as Ronja Rvardotter (Ronia: The Robber's Daughter), Gta Kanal eller vem drog ur proppen? (Who Pulled the Plug?), 1939, nglagrd (Angel Farm) and Juloratoriet (Christmas Oratorio). He has also made a few films of his own, including Ebon Lundin and Sverige t svenskarna (Battle of Sweden). One of Per Oscarssons most popular characters is police chief Gustav Jrgenson in the crime thriller Polisen i Strmstad (The Strmstad Police), five series of which were broadcast on SVT in Sweden. He has taken part in several of SVTs Christmas specials, including Hll huvet kallt (Keep a Cool Head) in 1994 and Kaspar i Nuddalen (Kaspar in Nuddalen) in 2001. He is also well known from the short film Kan du vissla, Johanna? (Can You Whistle, Johanna?), which has for many years been broadcast on SVT on Christmas Eve. He has also been involved in TV series such as Kejsarn av Portugallien (The Emperor of Portugallia), Herr von Hancken and Anderssons lskarinna (Anderssons Lover).

YASMINE GARBI plays Mariam Wu

Born 1970. Yasmine Garbi studied at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts from 19992003. She has appeared in productions such as John Cairds A Midsummer Nights Dream at Dramaten and the critically acclaimed Cleansed by Sarah Kane, directed by Oskaras Korsunovas at Elverket. She also appeared in Wallander: The Castle Ruins.

JOHAN KYLN plays Jan Bublanski

Johan Kyln has appeared in films including Petri trar (The Tears of St Peter), Noll tolerans (Zero Tolerance) and Patrik 1,5 (Patrik, Age 1.5). We saw him most recently in Beata Grdelers drama I skuggan av vrmen (In Your Veins) opposite Joel Kinnaman and Malin Crpin. He also featured in the highly rated TV series Upp till kamp (How Soon is Now?).

TANJA LORENTZON plays Sonja Modig

Tanja Lorentzon studied at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1994-1998, after which she was engaged at Dramaten. She made her film debut in 1997 in Jonas Felixons short film Innan dagen (Before Daybreak), after which she appeared in films such as Fyran nyanser av brunt (Four Shades of Brown), Darling and most recently Wallander The Debt. This summer she featured in the hit film Sommaren med Gran (Summer With Gran) opposite Peter Magnusson and David Helenius. Tanja is perhaps best known to TV viewers as the blond, resolute, ruefully serious police detective in the series Brottsvg (Crimewave).

PAOLO ROBERTO plays himself

Born 1969. Paolo Roberto is well known as a former professional boxer, TV presenter, author and TV chef. He was a parliamentary candidate for the Swedish Social Democrats, a party that he has now left for the Christian Democrats, and he has been active as an actor. His breakthrough was the lead role in the film Stockholmsnatt (Stockholm Night) in 1987, which was based on his own experiences as a violent young criminal. He has also appeared in films including Skarna (The Seekers) and 9 millimeter (9 mm).

The team behind the camera DANIEL ALFREDSON director

Born 1959. Daniel Alfredson has a background as a director and producer. As director, Daniels films include Mannen p balkongen (The Man on the Balcony), for which he also wrote the Guldbagge-winning script, together with Jonas Cornell, Tic tac, which won the Guldbagge for Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor, Straydogs and the critical and commercial success Varg (Wolf), with Peter Stormare in the lead role and Kerstin Ekman as scriptwriter. For TV, Daniel has directed programmes including Ddsklockan (Call of Death) and Emma klagare (Emma the Prosecutor), as well as working as producer on the TV series Pistvakt (Ski Patrol), Tusenbrder terkomsten (Brotherhood) and Playa del Sol. Daniel Alfredson was Head of Drama at SVT for seven years, during which several critical and commercial successes were produced, including Lasermannen (The Laser Man), Om Stig Petrs hemlighet (Nothing to be Ashamed of) and Graven (The Grave). He was also involved in the launch of a novel film project at SVT in collaboration with the Swedish Film Institute.

JONAS FRYKBERG script

Born 1961. Jonas has previously written scripts for TV productions such as S:t Mikael (St. Michael), Ddsklockan (The Call of Death), directed by Daniel Alfredson, and En dag i taget (One Day at a Time), Panikngest (Anxiety Attack) and for the feature film Detaljer (Details), directed by Kristian Petri and featuring Michael Nyqvist, Pernilla August and Jonas Karlsson in the roles.

SREN STAERMOSE producer

Sren Strmose works for the Yellow Bird production company and is the producer of all three films based on Stieg Larssons best-selling Millennium Trilogy. In the past Sren has produced many of the films in the Wallander and Irene Huss series on behalf of Yellow Bird, and he has a long background in the film industry in Scandinavia. He was born in Odense in 1952, but now lives in Stockholm with his family.

PETER MOKROSINSKI, FSF cinematography

Peter Mokrosinski is a well-respected cinematographer who has worked on several Swedish feature films down the years. His films include Mannen p balkongen (The Man on the Balcony), Tala! Det r s mrkt (Speak Up! Its So Dark), Leva livet (Days Like This), Syndare i sommarsol (Sinners in the Summer Sun), Ondskan (Evil), Masjvlar (Dalecarlians), Strandvaskaren (Drowning Ghost) and the Wallander films. He also worked with Daniel Alfredson on the films Tic Tac and Straydogs. Peter Mokrosinski has also filmed the third part of Stieg Larssons trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest, which has its premire this autumn.

CILLA RRBY costume designer

Cilla Rrby moved from Gvle to Stockholm and studied fashion at Beckmans College of Design, having previously worked as a tie designer. She has designed costumes for productions including the feature films Strandvaskaren (Drowining Ghost) and Sandor slash Ida, as well as the TV series Lasermannen (The Laser Man), Labyrint (Labyrinth) and Upp till kamp (How Soon is Now?). Cilla Rrby has also designed the costumes for all three films in the Millennium Trilogy: Men Who Hate Women, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest.

JENNY FRED makeup artist

Jenny Fred has worked as makeup artist on films including Hkan Brkan & Josef, Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sj (Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesarets Lake), Den nya mnniskan (The New Man) and Arn Riket vid vgens slut (Arn: The Kingdom at Roads End). Jenny Fred has worked as makeup artist on all three films in the Millennium Trilogy: Men Who Hate Women, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest.

JACOB GROTH music

Jacob Groth is a Danish film music composer who has composed numerous soundtracks for both feature films and TV series all over Europe. He created the music for feature films including Svart Lucia (Black Lucia), Sweet Dreams and Hip Hip Hora! (The Ketchup Effect), as well as for TV series such as Fasadklttraren (The Urban Climber), Den

grtande ministern (The Crying Minister), Krnikan (Better Times) and Mordkommissionen (Unit 1). He also composed the music for Men Who Hate Women.

STIEG LARSSON author

Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) was journalist and editor-on-chief at the magazine Expo. He had previously spent 20 years working at TT. He was one of the worlds leading experts on antidemocratic, right wing extremist and Nazi movements. In 2005 he made his debut with Men Who Hate Women, published by Norstedts frlag. He died suddenly and unexpectedly in November 2004, a while before the first part of the Millennium Trilogy made its debut. Men Who Hate Women was the major surprise in 2005 in the world of Swedish crime literature. The book was awarded the Glass Key for Nordic Crime Novel of the Year in 2005 by the Crime Writers of Scandinavia. In 2006 and 2007 the other titles in the Millennium Trilogy were published: The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest, both by Norstedts. As of autumn 2008 the Millennium Trilogy had sold more than 3.5 million copies in Sweden and more than 15 million copies all over the world in more than 40 countries, including more than 1 million books in France.

YELLOW BIRD production company

Yellow Bird was founded in 2003 and is currently one of Scandinavias biggest companies in the development and production of drama for TV and cinema. A German subsidiary was also recently established with a registered office in Munich. Yellow Bird focuses primarily on international co-productions based on successful books or on characters from such books. Yellow Bird is currently producing three feature films and six TV films based on Stieg Larssons Millennium books, thirteen new Swedish films on Henning Mankells detective inspector Kurt Wallander, three new English Wallander films with Kenneth Branagh (together with Left Bank Pictures) and a German 2x90-minute TV series based on Henning Mankells book Kennedys Brain (in collaboration with Bavaria Pictures and ARD/Degeto).

Past productions include the first Swedish series of thirteen Wallander films featuring Krister Henriksson in the lead role, the first English Wallander series of three films with Kenneth Branagh, as well as six films about detective inspector Irene Huss, based on Helene Turstens books (in collaboration with Illusion Film). Yellow Bird is a part of Zodiak Entertainment. www.yellowbird.se www.zodiakentertainment.com

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

PRODUCTION CREDITS Director DANIEL ALFREDSON Script JONAS FRYKBERG Based on the book by Stieg Larsson Producer SREN STRMOSE Associate Producer JENNY GILBERTSSON Executive Producers MIKAEL WALLN, OLE SNDBERG, ANNI FAURBYE FERNANDEZ, PETER NADERMANN, LONE KORSLUND and GUNNAR CARLSSON Coordinating Producer JON MANKELL Line Producer SUSANN BILLBERG RYDHOLM Production Manager TOBIAS STRM Cinematography PETER MOKROSINSKI, FSF Casting TUSSE LANDE Sound Design NALLE HANSEN, ANDERS HRLING Costume Designer CILLA RRBY Makup Artists JENNY FRED Set Design MARIA HRD, JAN-OLOF GREN Editing MATTIAS MORHEDEN Composer JACOB GROTH

In the roles: Mikael Blomkvist - MICHAEL NYQVIST Lisbeth Salander - NOOMI RAPACE

Annika Gannini - ANNIKA HALLIN Holger Palmgren - PER OSCARSSON Erika Berger - LENA ENDRE Nils Bjurman - PETER ANDERSSON Christer Malm - JACOB ERICKSSON Malin Eriksson - SOFIA LEDARP Mariam Wu - YASMINE GARBI Jan Bublanski - JOHAN KYLN Sonja Modig - TANJA LORENTZON Paolo Roberto - PAOLO ROBERTO etc.

Production company Yellow Bird Box 270 34 102 51 Stockholm Sweden Tel: +46 8 503 077 00 www.yellowbird.se

Distribution: Zodiak Entertainment Distribution Boulevard des Capucines, 8 75009 Paris France www.zodiakentertainment.com For further information please contact: Klara Halkjaer, Head of Communications, Zodiak Entertainment Distribution +44 781 8048802 Klara.halkjaer@zodiakentertainment.com